Schools to carry spare asthma inhalers

Schools around Kirklees will soon be required to reduce the risks of potentially fatal asthma attacks in its classrooms.
The new law will be introduced on October 1 to make schools have spare asthma inhalers on hand.....

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Childhood Obesity May Precipitate Asthma

The prevalence of obesity and asthma in children has been growing at an alarming rate. While these two conditions are pressing enough on their own, years of scientific observation and study concluded that the two tend to come in tandem. What remains unclear is which of the two comes first and actually precipitates the development of the second condition. Several factors have been considered such as how being overweight can cause pulmonary physiology to change for the worse, eventually causing a maladaptation that leads to asthma, but the evidence is shaky at best.....

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Running with asthma – how to keep breathing easy

Running is one of the worst exercises for triggering asthma, and with high dust levels and pollen counts, it’s not been a good year for asthmatic runners. However, it needn’t be the end of the road.....

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